Julius berbecker



(No Model.)

J. BBRBEGKER.

GURTAIN RING.

No. 437,279. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

UNITED. STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS BERBECKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,279, dated September 30, 1890.

Application filed June 19, 1890. Serial No. 355,997. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS BERBEOKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

' such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of rings used in suspending curtains, lambrequins, &c., from poles, the rings being adapted to slide upon the pole and each ring being provided with an eye for the convenient attachment of the curtain or lambrequin. Rings of this class are ordinarily formed from sheet metal drawn into tubular form and then formed into rings, the seam being upon the inner side and the two ends of the ring abuttingsquarely against each other. I

My invention has for its ObJ eot to simplify and strengthen the construction and at the same time to greatly improve the general appearance of the ring, it being desirable that the carrier for the eye should be wholly concealed within the ring, and, furthermore, that the corners of the shell or ring-blank be locked together in such a manner as to render it impossible for itto open or spread at either the longitudinal or transverse seams in use. In order to accomplish this result, dispensing entirely with the use of solder, so that the ring may be made and finished by machine-work alone, I have devised a novel construction, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, numerals being used to denote the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel ring complete; Fig. 2, a cross-section thereof on the horizontal plane in Fig. 1, looking down, showing the parts assembled, but notlocked in place;Fig. 3, a similar view showing the parts locked in place; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the carrier and eye; Fig. 5, a plan View thereof; and Fig. 6 is a view of the blank from which the eye and'carrier are formed, the eye itself beingindicated in dotted lines.

1 denotes a hollow ring of ordinary con struction.

2 denotes the eye; 3, the shank of theeye; 4, the carrier. The carrier, shank, and eye are preferably formed from a blank of sheet metal. The eye and shank are struck out from the blank, which is then formed into tubular form of just sufficient size to pass within the ends of the ring, and is also curved slightly longitudinally to correspond with the curvature of the ring. At one side of the line of joinder of the ends of the ring, I preferably forma notch 5 of just sufficient size to receive the shank, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

6 denotes an opening, preferably made angular, as shown in the drawings, which is punched in the carrier-blank in such position that when the carrier is formed the opening will be in the top thereof-that is, upon the upper side-as shown in'the drawings, and when the parts are assembled this opening will be directly under the corners of the blank from which the ring is formed-that is, under the point of intersection of the longitudinal and transverse seams on the inner side of the ring, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2. The ring is completed and the four corners of the shell are locked firmly together and to the carrier by turning the corners of the shell (designated specifically as 7) downward into opening 6, as is clearlyindicatedin Fig. 3. It will thus be seen that by this operation of turning corners 7 of the shell or ring blank into opening 6 in the carrier I form a perfectly-rigid and very strong ring, it being impossible in use, no matter what weight may be suspended from the eyes, to cause either the longitudinal or the transverse seams to spread in the slightest or to displace the eye. The parts are assembled by springing the two ends of the ring apart slightly laterally, inserting the long end of the carrier in one end of the ring, and then springing the ends apart sufficiently to permit the short end of the carrier to be inserted in the other end of the ring, the shank lying in the notch, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A curtain-ring consisting of a tube curved so that its ends meet, a carrier having an eye formed from the metal thereof and turned outward, and an opening 6, the ends of the carrier being adapted to fit within the ends of the ring, and the ring and carrier being locked rigidly together by turning the metal of the shell downward in the opening into the carrier, substantially as described.

2. A curtain-ring consisting of a tube curved so that its ends meet and having a seam on its inner side, and a curved tubular carrier of suitable size to fit within the ends of the ring and having an opening 6 and an eye struck out from the metal thereof, leaving a shank attached thereto, said eye and shank being adapted to extend outward between the ends of the ring, and the parts being secured together by turning the corners of the shell downward into opening 6.

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